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North drops two in Eugene EUGENE � North Medford pitchers had difficulty locating the plate and that contributed to two losses Friday at Civic Stadium. In the first game, North Eugene�s Porter Smith limited the Black Tornado to a single run and provided some offensive punch in the Highlanders� 6-1 victory. In the second game against South Eugene, North Medford squandered a 5-0 advantage and lost 9-8. Not only did Smith strike out three and not issue a walk, he provided three hits and scored two runs. The Black Tornado (5-3) got its lone run in the third inning when Phil Ouellette singled with two outs, stole second and scored on freshman Robbie Folsom�s single. Against South Eugene, the Black Tornado grabbed an 8-7 lead in the seventh inning on back-to-back doubles by Dustin Butler and Tyler Engle. But the Axemen used Mark Wolf�s two-run double in the bottom of the inning to register the win against Butler, who relieved in the sixth. In the third inning, North scored two runs to take a 5-0 lead. Shawn Backstrom�s single and stolen base and an RBI single by Devon Zupan accounted for the first run. Then Butler�s loop double scored Zupan. On the play, South Eugene shortstop Casey Nagler and left fielder Kyle Overstake collided. The game was delayed 30 minutes as Overstake was taken away in an ambulance with a suspected rib injury. After the hiatus, North starting pitcher Folsom allowed four runs after throwing two shutout innings. Folsom issued six walks in five innings. Zupan had three hits and three RBIs, while Backstrom added three hits and Evan McArthur and Butler each had two. FIRST GAME North Medford.......................................001 000 0 � 1 7 2 North Eugene........................................320 010 x � 6 9 0 Timmerman, Kircher (4), Brewington (6) and Folsom; Smith and Rector. W � Smith. L � Timmerman (0-2). 2B � NE: Nelson; NM: McArthur, Birchfiel. HR � NE: Burshett. SECOND GAME North Medford....................................302 020 1 � 8 10 1 South Eugene.....................................004 003 2 � 9 12 2 Folsom, Butler (6) and Brewington, Folsom (6); Balding, Rahm (5) and Wolf. W � Rahm. L � Butler (2-1). 2B � NM: Butler 2, Zupan, Engle; SE: Wolf, Nagler. GRANTS PASS 5, MILWAUKIE 2 � At Grants Pass, junior pitcher Matt Rettke struck out 11 as Grants Pass won for the seventh time in eight pre-conference outings. The Cavemen erased a 2-1 deficit with four runs in the third. With one out, Brady Howe walked and stole second. Brian Richard reached on an error and Speedy Ortiz followed with an RBI single. Richard scored on a single by Andrew Fish and Dan Mecum, who had walked, scored the final run of the rally on Derrick Draper�s single. Fish, who went 2-4, provided an RBI double in the second. Draper and Ortiz also had two hits apiece. Milwaukie..............................................020 000 0 � 2 3 3 Grants Pass............................................014 000 x � 5 6 0 Andrew and Jackson, Nordquist (5); Rettke and Richard. W � Rettke (2-0). L � Andrew. 2B � GP: Howe, Fish. Softball CRATER 4-7, OREGON CITY 3-5 � At Central Point, Crater�s Leanne Foster had four hits and four RBIs in the doubleheader, including the game-winning single in the opener, and Comet freshman Jenni Bittle contributed a three-run double in the nightcap and pitched both wins. Bittle (4-1) struck out 10 and walked one in the eight-inning first game. In the top of the eighth, Oregon City scored once to take a 3-2 lead before Crater rallied with two outs in the bottom of the inning. Heather Quinn got things going for the Comets in the eighth with a two-out walk. Diane Steele followed with a single and Kelsey Anhorn tied the game with a run-scoring hit. Then Foster delivered an RBI single to score the winning run. In the second game, Bittle�s two-out, three-run double in the sixth broke a 4-4 tie. Bittle picked up the victory in the nightcap with a 1�-inning relief stint. Crater leadoff hitter, senior shortstop Kara Ray, accounted for four hits, four stolen bases and three runs in the twin bill. FIRST GAME Oregon City............................................000 200 01 � 3 7 1 Crater.....................................................101 000 02 � 4 9 2 Lindquist and Adelhart; Bittle and Thomas. W � Bittle (3-1). L � Lindquist. SECOND GAME Oregon City............................................100 003 1 � 5 9 2 Crater.....................................................202 003 x � 7 8 1 Sullivan, Bevers (1) and Adelhart; Anhorn, Bittle (6) and Thomas. W � Bittle (4-1). L � Bevers. 2B � OC: Greenwood; C: Bittle. BENSON 1-2, EAGLE POINT 0-6 � At Eagle Point, Benson�s Emily Margnez struck out 10 in an opening-game shutout, but freshman pitcher Randi Mapes helped Eagle Point gain a doubleheader split. Eagle Point freshman pitcher Darci Brown only allowed one hit in the first game. But all Benson needed was an unearned run in the second inning when Jessie Stanton opened with a walk and scored from first on a throwing error. Stanton�s one-out, fourth-inning double was Benson�s lone hit off Brown. In the second game, Mapes struck out two and didn�t walk anyone. Eagle Point (5-3) erased a 2-1 deficit in the fourth inning with a five run outburst. Kristina Bateman opened with a triple and scored on Steffani Presley�s single. Amy Mapes followed with a single. After two outs, Tera Ray walked to load the bases and Amanda Kingery walked to force in a run. Beca Roa completed the rally with a base-clearing double. Bateman was 3-3 with one run and one RBI. FIRST GAME Benson..................................................010 000 0 � 1 1 1 Eagle Point...........................................000 000 0 � 0 5 1 Margnez and Hanson; Brown and A. Mapes. W � Margnez. L � Brown (1-2). 2B � B: Stanton. SECOND GAME Benson..................................................000 110 0 � 2 5 1 Eagle Point...........................................100 500 x � 6 7 4 Kinnison and Hanson; R. Mapes and A. Mapes. W � R. Mapes (3-1). L � Kinnison. 2B � B: Nelson; EP: Roa. 3B � EP: Bateman. Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2001 Mail Tribune, Inc.